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dl "* M NC Rr The Choice for African-American News and Information THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1994 OA 10 ro*SYTH CNTY K ROOM 660 U 5 TH ?A ISTOM-sdn, K :7:0l. 2 701 75 CENTS I'ow i r < om cdcs iiotliin ?? ??? '//< >itl <i s / / // / -'red crick Douglas s Slain Security Guard Praised for Bravery ! A. Unarmed guard shot twice at close range; man held on murder charge in County's 43rd homicide By DAVID L. DILLARD Chronicle Staff Writer Two city police officers and a security guard are being praised as heroes in the after math of a robbery last Thursday that left the security guard dead and one police officer thankful that he was wearing a bullet ii proof vest Maurice Travone Williams, 23, was unarmed when he was working as a guard at the K mart Super Center and approached a suspected shoplifter outside the slure. ; ' Williams was shot twice at point-blank range, allegedly by the shoplifter. The two police officer's, Stevei* Spencer and Horace Bryant, were not seri ously injured in the shooting. "What we had was three young men doing their job and one (Williams) gave his life," Police Chief George Sweat said. "(Williams) and our officers did a super job. I think we were in the right'place at the right time." , Williams, a native of Wash ington, D.C., moved to Winston Salem six years ago. He gradu see SLAIN page 10 Steven Spencer Horace Bryant Maurice WOtiams ? -\k i ' v ' s v . v >... ? ? \v. ? ; . ' *?'. i '? v* ? .'?'?5 v,; *? ?j.-y . ? '?? ? Law For um B rings Praise, C r iticism By DAVID L. DILLARD ?' Chronicle Staff Writer A community fonim with the county's law enforcement : chiefs brought praise and criti cism of the work they do in the African- American community. . i Ruth Hopkins of Gray Avenbe in eastern Winston Salem praised the Winston jSflem Police Department for helping thflm rid their area of growing drug trade* _v "Our community has had a ? rfnousfHrug problem and the police have been there to help us," she said. "Everytime we called you have responded in record time and we want to thank you." Hopkins offered her praise to a panel of law enforcement experts, including Police Chief George Sweat, Sheriff Ron Barker and District Attorney Tom Keith, held at New Jerusalem Baptist Church last Tuesday. While all residents expressed a need for law enforcement, some like Barbara Humbly, said they don't want harassment to be a hazard of increased police protection. Humbly has lived in Cleveland Avenue Homes for 25 years and said she has seen innocent black men being harassed by police. "I see people who are not breaking any law being stopped and searched for no reason. It's sad to see police officers search ing them," she said. "It's like 'Oops, there one is' then they grab him and search him and these men have nothing on them and they haven't done anything see LAW page 10 * ;d> ? . k *- * *j?k i. . wLLt. T i 1l I ? i j :1 & x WfMjt , mJHL , - J 1 ? -??^4M*yr?v40?y Bl *: t ? , ? * ?|>V .f., ,-. , . V . t ^ ?" ? A ? p?' Y .? ???->. / -v >V,. ? ; ? * -' , r . _... 4, ft. S "T -4 - -,.iw.ffi 36861'' Jt I ?' ?* ?:? ? i>' ?" ^5t?M9 >***" - ? - . ? . _ . ,n?_ . :4"r.~ ? ? , ' * " ' ' ' ' ' ' ... ?? . . ? ?? ?*> ' ',/iimt'- - > ~ ? .. ?;? - r . ?? *s ? S- ? s ,ffP _ ?? wW ;* ' \ - I sv^.. Community leaders discuss solutions to reduce crime at a forum last week. Panel members included Sheriff Rdn Barker , sociologist William Turner, District Attorney Tom Keith , Alderwoman Joycelyn Johnson and state Representative Larry Womble . about me,* Keith ttna tried to alert the comi and show the comix what we've been doing] think hi* comment* mm? t . ; ?;c:^ :.^^fPvcfsley. called Kd the justice: system ?|ci $et BLACK page. Hunt Supporters Continue to Rally Community By DAVID L. DILLARD Chronicle Staff Writer - The Rev. Rayford Thompson, a retired pastor of Friendship Baptist Church, has always been a fighter for justice and, an advocate of truth. ? -That's wny inompson said he gave defense attorneys key information about the credibility of the Johnny Gray ? the state's key witness in Darryl Hunt's conviction of murdering Deborah Sykes nearly ten years ago. Defense attorneys had trouble locating Gray until Thompson alerted them that he was a tenant in one of his houses back in 1984. "He was behind on his rent and he told me he was working on a case and that I would get my money after that," Thompson remembers. "I called Detective (J.L.)Dalton Barker: Firings not Racially Motivated By DAVID L. DILLARD Chronicle Staff Writer Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Barker said firings and demo tions in the Sheriffs Department were a matter of personnel ? not race. In the last few weeks, ten sion has developed among detention officers in the depart ment since Barker won his re election bid in November. Barker, however,- said the black and white officers are not directing tension at each other. He said it is a "shared" tension due to working in a stressful environment with inmates all day. He said the new jail should eliminate the frustrations of working in a crowded, dilapi dated facility. "It takes a special person to work in the jail,** Barker said in see BARKER page 11 BUSINESS ?25 CLASSIFIEDS. ... .28 COMMUNITY. 4 OPINION 12 ENTERTAINMENT. _ 24 OBITUAMESl 26 RELIGION 27 SPORTS 17 This Week in Black History December 15, 1934 Death of Maggie Lena Mlker(69), first black woman to head a bank, in Richmond. 1 X ft 0 2 2 0 H Department of Justice to Probe Regional Bankruptcy Officials Clift Lane, a former Arkansas poultry manu facturer, claims that he lost more than S35 million from U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle Dis trict of North Carolina while in a Chapter 1 1 reor ganization. The outcome of Lane's reorganization raised eyebrows of tax attorneys and has led the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section to investi gate the case for possible criminal wrongdoing. Bankruptcy Court panel members Edward Covell, Walter Minger and John Peterson Jr. deny any wrongdoing and cite a string of civil court room victories over Lane as proof. "Mr. Lane's claims that we got his money just \ isn't right," said Peterson, a retired Greensboro accountant Justice department officials say that every t crucial ruling in the civil cases occurred before 1990 when panel members paid themselves, almost $8 million from the proceeds of a sale of Lane's stock. Lane said that he was in a reorgani- j zation plan where he got to own the stock. Under the reorganization plan, the panel see DEPARTMENT page 11 - TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 910-722-8624
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